"Imbistigahan ang Sabwatang CIA-DND-AFP-PNP-Abu Sayaff"

Concerned Artists of the Philippines
39 Scout Bayoran St., Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City, Metro Manila * Tel. 927-9260 * Email: concerned_artists_ phil@yahoo. com

PRESS RELEASE
8 March 2007
Reference: Joel Garduce, Spokesperson, Tel. 927-9260 (ofc), 0917-9792365

Samahan ng mga alagad ng sining, nanawagan ng pag-imbestiga sa “sabwatang CIA-DND-AFP- PNP-Abu Sayyaf”, pag-atras ng Anti-Terrorism Act

Nanawagan ngayong araw ang isang samahan ng mga alagad ng sining at kulturang Pilipino para sa isang independyente’t walang-binabarang imbestigasyon sa mga malalang alegasyon ng matagalang pagsasabwatan ng Abu Sayyaf at ng mga gubyerno ng U.S. at Pilipinas, sabay sa agarang pag-atras ng umano’y batas kontra terorismo na binuo nang walang benepisyo ng masusing pag-iimbestigang ito.

Ginawa ng Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) ang panawagang ito nang inihayag nito ang paglabas ng isang bagong web page na naka-link sa http://srv.ezinedir ector.net/ ?n=1616362& s=11546124 na isang timeline mula 1986 hanggang 2007 taglay ang maraming ebidensya na nilikha, minanipula at inudyok kapwa ng U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at establisimyentong militar ng Pilipinas ang bandidong grupong Abu Sayyaf.

Kumuha ang timeline ng impormasyon mula sa samut saring publikasyon, gaya ng Time Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, British Broadcasting Company, Guardian, Associated Press, Der Spiegel, South China Morning Post, at mga lokal na publikasyon gaya ng Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Times, Mindanews.com, and Philippine Star. Binuo ang timeline—na bagong-labas lamang—ni Paul Thompson, may-akda ng bestseller na librong “Terror Timeline” at nagpapatakbo sa Center for Cooperative Research, na mauugnyan online sa website na www.cooperativerese arch.org.

"Itinatambad ng di-mapasusubaling ebidensyang nakolekta ng mahusay na online research ni Thompson ang kasinungalingan sa likod ng pagbuo ng Anti-Terror Act," ani Joel Garduce, tagapagsalita ng CAP.

Sinabi ni Garduce na ang kawalan ng buong pagsusuri ng tinawag nyang "ugnayang CIA-DND-AFP- PNP-Abu Sayyaf" na nilantad ng timeline "ay nagkakait ng katotohanan sa kung ano talaga ang kailangan para labanan ang terorismong inihahasik sa masang Pilipino."
"Dahil hindi nakinabang ang bagong Anti-Terrorism Act sa ganitong masusing pagsusuri, walang ngipin ito sa pag-ugat sa mga tunay na panginoon ng terorismo sa ating panahon. Ang malala pa, kukunsintihin lang nito ang lihim na aksyon at terrorismo ng estado na subersibo sa konstitusyon, pag-iral ng batas at sa kalayaan," ani Garduce.

Ayon kay Garduce, "Napakaimportante ng usapin ng terorismong udyok-ng-estado para isingil sa administrasyong Arroyo sa kasalukuyang kampanyang elektoral. Ang malawakang pagkondena sa panlalansing kriminal na ito ang magtutulak sa lahat ng Pilipinong nagmamahal sa kalayaan mula sa samut saring bahagi ng lipunan---kasama na ang mga sundalong Pilipino na kapwa niloko nang todo dito---na sama-samang kumilos ayon sa kanilang konsensya sa darating na eleksyon at labas dito."
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English Version:

Cause-oriented artists' group calls for inquiry into “CIA-DND-AFP- PNP-Abu Sayyaf collusion”,
withdrawal of newly-signed Anti-Terrorism Act

A cause-oriented group of Filipino artists and cultural workers today called for a no-holds-barred independent inquiry into serious allegations of a longstanding collusion among the Philippine and United States governments and the Abu Sayyaf, as it batted for the withdrawal of a newly signed anti-terror law formed without the benefit of such an exhaustive inquiry.

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) made the call as it bared the presence of a new web page with link at http://srv.ezinedir ector.net/ ?n=1616362& s=11546124 bearing a 1986 to 2007 timeline detailing multifarious evidence that both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Philippine military establishment created, manipulated and abetted the Abu Sayyaf bandit group.

The timeline draws from information culled from diverse news, documentary and published sources, including Time Magazine, the Washington Post, New York Times, Financial Times, British Broadcasting Company, Guardian, Associated Press, Der Spiegel, South China Morning Post, and local sources as the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Times, Mindanews.com, and Philippine Star. The timeline, which was just put up, has been culled by Western-based Internet researcher Paul Thompson, author of the bestseller “Terror Timeline” and who maintains the online-based Center for Cooperative Research (website at www.cooperativerese arch.org) .

"The compelling evidence gathered by Thompson’s impeccable online research unmasks the rationale of the Anti-Terror Act as an outrageous lie," said Joel Garduce, CAP spokesperson.
Garduce noted that the absence of a full acounting of what he calls the "CIA-DND-AFP- PNP-Abu Sayyaf nexus" exposed by the timeline "denies everyone the truth of what it really takes to fight terrorism being unleashed on the Filipino masses."

"As the new Anti-Terrorism Act did not benefit from such an exhaustive investigation, it is simply toothless in rooting out the real masters of terrorism in our midst. Worse, it will only abet state-sponsored terrorism and covert action subversive of the constitution, the rule of law and freedom," stressed Garduce.

"This matter of state-abetted terrorism may well be a defining issue to hold the Arroyo administration accountable during the current electoral campaign," said Garduce. "Widescale outrage over this criminal deceit can only compel freedom-loving Filipinos from all walks of life---including the rank-and-file Filipino soldiers equally duped bigtime---to take concerted action in conscience this coming elections and beyond."
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